Holder for tickets and the like



M. MACDONALD.

HOLDER FOR TICKETS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 23. 1915.

1 309,255, A Patented July 8, 1919.

THE CDLUMBM PLANOGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON. D., c.

MURDOCK MACDONALD, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HOLDER FOR TICKETS AND THE LUCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 8, 1919.

Application filed October 23, 1915. Serial No. 57,569.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, MURDOCK MACDONALD, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and 'State 0f Ohio,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Holders for Tickets andthe like, of which the following is a specification, the principle ofthe invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I havecontemplated supplying that principle, so as to distinguish it fromother inventions.

4The present improvements relate to a ticketV box adapted to receive andpartially inclose a pad of connected tickets and to retain and concealwithin the casing the stubs of such tickets. Means are also provided forlocking that side of the casing which carries the ticket pad in thesame. Also, an improved transfer slip is provided for use in connectionwith a device of the present type. To the accomplishment of theforegoing and related ends, said invention, then, consists of the meanshereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detailcertain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed meansconstituting, however, but one of various mechanical forms in which theprinciple of the invention may be used.

Tn said annexed drawings Figure 1 is a front perspective view of myimproved ticket box; Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same; Fig. 3 is atransverse section on the line 3 3, Figs. 2 and 4;

v Fig. 4 is a plan view of the cover with the top thereof removed; Fig.5 is a plan view of an improved transfer form; Fig. 6 is a side view ofthe stub of the same; and Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7, Fig. 4.'

The present ticket box has been designed to provide a Vsimple means forretaining a pad of tickets or transfers.V

My device comprises a box-like structure 1, having an open side 2, whichis normally covered by means of a cover plate hinged to the casing at 11and consisting of two hinged members i and 5 of which the member i ispivotally connected to the casing at one edge of the open side, whilethe member 5 is adapted to extend past the other edge of such side asindicated in Fig. 1.V The two plates 4f and 5 are hinged together at 6,as stated, and are provided with springs 7, tending to swing the outerplate 5 about the hinge in a direction toward the casing. The two plateswhen extended are adapted to receive a pad of tickets 3, each providedwith apertures adapted to Iengage over pins 9 projecting from the plateet, the pad then being held in place by means of a spring-'10 connectedto the hinge 11 between the member 4L and the casing as serving also tonormally maintain the member 4L in an open position away from thecasing. Means are provided on the member 4 for maintaining the plate 5in such a position with respect to the open side of the casing that thetickets are given a slightly arched position and are pressed against thefree edge of the open side of the casing. These means comprise slidablerods 12 and 13, movable longitudinally only in the casing and operatedby means of a movable button 10 on the outside of the member 4, andengaging behind the flanges 30 at the ends of the casing, (see Fig. 4.)The button 10 is connected by means of a sliding rod 31 to a pivotedplate 20 having curved slots Y21 and 22 in which are received pins 23 onthe ends of rods 12 and 13. The axis of the plate is at 24 and hencepivotal move- Yment of the plate will cause the rods to be moved out orin, as will be readily understood. The inner end 32 of the button 10engages a spring 33 and in the locking position of the rods 12 and 13 isreceived in a recess 34E formed in the spring.

The present ticket box includes features long desired in such a device.The ordinary box now in general use, holds the pad of tickets in a bentposition with the center of the bend against the tearing olf edge. Thisis necessary in order to maintain the tickets against this edge and tocause the stubs to snap back into the box but the result of the bend isto cause the bottom tickets to be torn along a different line than thetop ones. Attempts have been made to avoid this, trouble by using thepad in its flat position, but then the whole pad must be moved inward inorder to free the stub from the edge and position it in the box. In thepresent device the pad is bent or arched very slightly, thus avoidingone difficulty of the curved pad boxes, but is bendable 1n order to snapthe stubs into position in the casing.

Upon the front side 15 of the casing there is mounted a longitudinallydisposed slide or rod 16, upon which are mounted slidable fingers 17,terminating in sharpened ends 18 which are adapted to produce notches ineach ticket when torn off against this edge, these fingers beingslidable along this rod in order to produce these notches opposite anythree desired names on the ticket. As each ticket is torn off, theoperator presses the plate fl inward, thus moving all of the ticketsinward, and bringing' the stub of the ticket which has just been tornoff, behind a longer flange 40 disposed behind the edge against whichthis ticket is drawn to tear the same. Upon such movement the stubengages behind this flange and is retained within the casing until thepad is removed, thus preventing tampering with this stub by theconductor.

Referring to Fig. 5, there is shown a transfer provided with a duplicateseries of numbers 21, arranged to show the hours of the day, followed bya duplicate series 22, showing quarter hours both before noon andafternoon, which is in turn followed by a duplicate series 23,indicating the lines to which the transfers are to be given. Theseduplicate series are so arranged on the transfer, that when a pad ofthese transfers is placed in the ticket box, the lower edge of the frontside of the box is substantially mid-way between the two series, so thatthe movable fingers will produce notches directly adjacent to thefigures and names on the torn-off ticket, and will produce projectionsopposite the figures and names on the stub. If these transfers are givenout in the ordinary course, all of the projections 24 on the retainedstubs will follow each other in a graduated line across the face of thepad of stubs as shown in Fig. 6, but if one or more of the transfers areissued in advance of the regular time, the companys auditor candetermine this fact by an inspection of the stub of the transfer pad,and by comparison of the same with the car record of the conductor towhom such pad was issued, and is, of course, justified in assuming thatthese transfers that were issued in advance of the regular time vwere tobe used irregularly by some other conductor, or were issued to friendsto be used at their convenience. Each conductor can thus be compelled toaccount for every transfer which he has issued, as the projections onthe stub of the pad would have to correspond with the time given on thecar report for the issue of such transfers, allowing for whatever timeis given the passenger to change from one line to another, which is, ofcourse, always the same time, and is usually fifteen minutes. Not onlyis the stub of the pad a complete record of the times for which thetransfers were dated, but much time is saved by the conductors whoreceive them since each transfer shows at a glance the time issued andthe line to which the transfer is given.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employedinstead of the one explained, change being made as regards the mechanismherein disclosed, provided the means stated by any yof the followingclaims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point :out and distinctly claim as myinvention 1. In a ticket box, the combination of a box-like casing openat one side, pad holding means hinged to one edge yof such open side ofsaid casing, said means comprisingV Y two hinged members and meansadapted 'to maintain said members kin a position tending to produce aslight inward arch in said pad held thereon and against the vother -edgeof such open side of said casing.

2. In a ticket box, the combination of a box-like casing open at oneside, pad holding means including a lplate hinged to one edge of suchopen side of said casing, and

a second plate hinged to said first named plate, means adapted to locksaid first named plate in substantially Jthe plane Vof such open side ofsaid casing, and means pressing said second plate toward the other edgeof such open side of said casing and positioned v'ata slight angle tosaid rst plate, thereby effecting a slight arch in a pad of. ticketsheld on said plates. V

3. In a ticket box, the combination of a box like casing open on oneside, a pad holding plate covering such open 'side and pivoted to saidcasing at one edge thereof, said plate consisting of two hinged members,means tending to swing said members together toward said casing, meansfor maintaining said pad against the 'other edge of such open side,indicating fingers movable along such edge and adapted to mark suchtickets when torn 'o along such edge, and a projecting member adaptedtov maintain within said casing the stubs from such torn tickets uponinward movement of such pivoted side.

4. In a ticket box, the combination of a box like easing open at oneside, apad hoid-l the stubs from such torn tickets iipen in- 10 ingplate hinged to one edge of such. open Ward movement of such pivotedside.

side and consisting of hinged members, one Signed by me this 21st day ofOctober,

of which extends over the other edge of 1915. such open side, meansmaintaining such members in a position producing a slight MURDOGKMACDONALD' arch in said pad and forcing the same Attested byagainst theother edge of such side and M. C. KANDA,

means for maintaining Within said casing M. BUGMAN.

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